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Motley back-up singer Allison Kyler spills her guts on Motley Crue

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HEY BABY DO YOU DO MORE THAN DANCE?

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE:

An interview with Motley Crue backup singer/dancer Allison Kyler.

By Gerry Gittelson

Metal Sludge Contributor

HOLLYWOOD — In Metal Sludge’s everlasting mission to find out all things Motley Crue, our very own Gerry Gittelson tracked down backup singer/dancer Allison Kyler.

She’s the hot blonde who shakes what she has every night as the perfect eye candy if you’re so inclined to take yours off Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars – and Kyler, 29, has a great gig going, so it was refreshing how honest she was.

She knows the Motley Crue guys as well as just about anyone – she kisses Vince Neil on stage as part of show — and she gives us some pretty good stuff.

Hang onto your seats. Here we go.

SLUDGE: OK, now remember this is Metal Sludge, so I do have some bizarre questions right off the bat. Are you ready?

Allison Kyler: I am.

SLUDGE: OK, when you’re hanging upside down on that rope above the stage like Cirque de Soleil, do you ever worry about falling on your head?

Allison Kyler: (Laughs) Well, I do see how hard the roadies party the night before, and I’m in their hands 100 percent.

SLUDGE: Didn’t everybody tell you you were crazy to go on the road with a wild band like Motley Crue?

Allison Kyler: Oh yeah, I still get that all the time. They want to know how I survive, but they just don’t understand the day to day operations.

SLUDGE: So what are saying? Do you have a special respect for Motley Crue because you see the inner workings?

Allison Kyler: Yes, I have great respect for them, all of them, as artists and just in general, album after album. With Motley Crue, you would not believe the effort they put into their shows, night after night, week after week, month after month, and now years. They’ve been doing these shows since before I was born! And they still give 100 percent on stage.

SLUDGE: Please be as honest on this next one, OK?

Allison Kyler: OK.

SLUDGE: Which one in Motley Crue would you describe as the most perfect gentleman?

Allison Kyler: Definitely Tommy Lee.

SLUDGE: Really? Does he treat you the best?

Allison Kyler: They’re all beyond polite and gracious.

SLUDGE: What are you talking about? Didn’t Vince just get another DUI?

Allison Kyler: (laughs) Well, Vince can be a little flirty.

SLU DGE: The other dancer, Annalisia Simone, do you hate each other?

Allison Kyler: No, no, no. We started the same exact date more than a year ago, and we’ve done the whole run together. Thank god, we’re great friends because we only have each other out there. We’re the only girls on the road.

SLUDGE: I was thinking you would get in fights over makeup, that sort of thing.

Allison Kyler: We do fight about clothes, dumbstuff like that. You know, this wardrobe is mine, not yours, dumb stuff like that, because we have to match, and sometimes one of us wants to wear red and the other one wants to wear purple. Stupid stuff like that.

SLUDGE: Do you ever fuck up on stage?

Allison Kyler: What do you mean?

SLUDGE: You know, like you bump into each other, or you accidentally trip Vince Neil, stuff like that?

Allison Kyler: Oh. Not really, but last tour, we did this shadow box thing, where you do a shadow dance behind this screen, this silhouette, and some nights we get bored, so we tried some really random things just to see if the production guys were paying attention, like spanking each other’s ass, or this one time we pulled a roadie behind the screen, and we were dancing with him, too.

SLUDGE: You’ve been touring for a while. Are you paid well? Would you say you’re wealthy?

Allison Kyler: They definitely take care of us financially, plus the best hotels, all that kind of stuff.

SLUDGE: Really? Sludge readers like this kind of stuff. Which hotels?

Allison Kyler: The Ritz Carlton a lot. Thompson hotels. They definitely put us up in great places.

SLUDGE: What aboutfood and drinks? Can you order room service, all you want, and no one blinks?

Allison Kyler: Well, we have a per diem, and that much pretty much takes care of it. Plus, we’re also being followed around by catering.

SLUDGE: You must be tempted, all this great food but you can’t eat too much of course.

Allison Kyler: Oh it sucks. I’m always like, ‘Man that cake looks so damn good. I guess I’ll just THINK about eating it.” (laughs)

SLUDGE: Yeah, I guess the truth is, if you gain 10 pounds you’re out of a job.

Allison Kyler: Yeah, no one ever says that out loud, but it’s in the back of everybody’s mind. Our wardrobe is just for us, and it has to fit.

SLUDGE: No stretching fabric? No elastic?

Allison Kyler: No, it’s your outfit, and that shit better fit.

SLUDGE: “That shit better fit.” What a great headline for this story maybe.

Allison Kyler: (laughs) Yeah.

SLUDGE: Ever had a nipple pop out?

Allison Kyler: Oh yeah, that happens all the time. Thank god for double-sided tape. One night we went out there topless, just for fun, and Vince was like, “Oh my god.” That was the only time I ever Vince stumble over his words.

SLUDGE: Are you kidding? I’ve seen him stumble over his words all the time (laughs)

Allison Kyler: (laughs) Well, this was really random. It wasn’t a big city, I don’t remember which city, but it was a smaller city on last year’s summer tour.

SLUDGE: Come to think about it, you must see a lot of tits. A lot of tits from girls in the crowd. I mean, let’s be honest. If you’re touring with Motley Crue, you’ve seen every tit from here to the Mississippi, right?

Allison Kyler: Oh my god, more than that. I have seen a tit in every state! Every show, they throw their bras and panties on the stage.

SLUDGE: So which of the guys are swinging singles in Motley these days? Most of ‘em are married, right?

Allison Kyler: Yeah, all of them except Vince. He’s kind of a free agent. He usually has a No. 1 girlfriend, plus a whole bunch of other ones.

SLUDGE: Do some girls latch on for a few cities in a row?

Allison Kyler: It’s funny how it works. I remember one time we were just starting rehearsals, and I saw Vince with the same girl for a few days, and I was like, “How cute, Vince has a girlfriend.” But then by the time we got to Texas, he had a new girl. In Texas he switched. It was funny. But Vince really is a gentleman.

SLUDGE: Tell me about Nikki Sixx. He’s always been the brains of the operation in Motley Crue. Is it still that way?

Allison Kyler: Oh yes. Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, they’re so into the business of it, 110 percent. They make the calls and tell us what to do.

SLUDGE: What about Mick Mars? I know he has a bad back. Is he very sociable?

Allison Kyler: He fuckin’ rips on guitar. Yeah, he still hunches over, and when I first met him, I was like, “Wow, it’s bad.” But after that first show, I saw it doesn’t even matter. He’s so good.

SLUDGE: So when you take a little 10-minute breather during the concert set, what do you do?

Allison Kyler: Just change clothes, usually.

SLUDGE: No, you must do SOMETHING.

Allison Kyler: Sometimes during “Home Sweet Home” or one of the solos, I make a call or two or play around on Twitter or Facebook sometimes.

SLUDGE: Are you married, or do you have a boyfriend? And if so, what does he think about you going on the road with Motley Crue?

Allison Kyler: No I don’t. I’m single.

SLUDGE: Really? What about the other girl, Annalisia?

Allison Kyler: She’s single, too. We’re both single.

SLUDGE: Ever hook up with Vince Neil?

Allison Kyler: No, we just make out on stage.

SLUDGE: Both girls or just you?

Allison Kyler: Just me. Lucky me. In Las Vegas, during one of the Hard Rock concerts, we had a little fake ceremony on stage and made pretend we got married. Someone yelled out to him: “I hope you got a prenup.”

SLUDGE: Is he a good kisser?

Allison Kyler: Definitely. He’s had enough practice (laughs)

SLUDGE: You must be pretty athletic. You must be in good shape.

Allison Kyler: You definitely have to be in shape, especially when we’re playing one of those outdoor amphitheatres where it’s 110 degrees.

SLUDGE: Do you get as sweaty as Tommy Lee?

Allison Kyler: I don’t think so. He works the hardest.

SLUDGE: Yeah, he hits hard, too.

Allison Kyler: From the beginning of the start of the show, all the way through, he’s not just drumming. He’s got his headset on, he’s singing back up and talking to people. I’m like, fuck an A, how do you all that?

SLUDGE: He must be zonked afterwards. What does Tommy Lee do immediately after a show?

Allison Kyler: He’s not zonked at all. He has a DJ set up and does DJing for hours. That’s his thing.

SLUDGE: Tell me more. What’s Nikki Sixx’s favorite food?

Allison Kyler: I don’t know, but Mick Mars loves Starbucks.

SLUDGE: The blended drinks?

Allison Kyler: I think maybe the blended drinks, but hot coffee I think. He likes Splenda.

SLUDGE: Splenda? Really? That’s interesting, he is so trim.

Allison Kyler: Yeah.

SLUDGE: So I’m assuming Motley is not your first gig. You’ve probably worked hard to get to this point, right?

Allison Kyler: Yes, yes. I’ve been dancing professionally for 10 years. A lot of bands, but mostly pop artists.

SLUDGE: Who were the biggest names?

Allison Kyler: Christina Aguilera, Fergie.

SLUDGE: And you do more than dance. You sing backup in Motley, too.

Allison Kyler: That’s right.

SLUDGE: It must be hard to be heard over those backing tapes.

Allison Kyler: (laughs) You’re too funny.

SLUDGE: What are some of your favorite songs?

Allison Kyler: Oh man, I love “Wildside” and “Dr. Feelgood.”

SLUDGE: Yeah, “Wildside” is a good one because there is a lot of backup singing.

Allison Kyler: Yeah, plus it’s usually the first song, so the audience is excited, and I’m so fuckin’ amped.

SLUDGE: What’s the one Motley Crue song that really impresses you the most, the one where you look out of the corner of your eye and go, “Wow this is a really great song.”

Allison Kyler: Well, in Las Vegas, we had never performed “Livewire” until then, and it was amazing.

SLUDGE: Yeah, I love the old songs. That’s an old one. So you have inside information, are they busting out any other old songs or anything different for the new tour?

Allison Kyler: I have no idea. I haven’t seen the set list, and I wouldn’t tell you anyways!

SLUDGE: Well what CAN you tell us?

Allison Kyler: Well, I know they’ve been in the studio so maybe a new song.

SLUDGE: Oh we have news here. What’s the title of the new song?

Allison Kyler: I don’t know (laughs)

SLUDGE: If you did know, would you tell us?

Allison Kyler: No, of course not!

Well, that was interesting. We’d like to thank Allison for her candid and fun interview.

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‘Pam & Tommy’ Glosses Over a Strange Motley Crue Moment. Hear the Band’s Last Gig With Fill-In Singer

By Andy Greene

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The first three episodes of Pam & Tommy are available now on Hulu, and so far viewers have seen Tommy Lee do quite a few things. They’ve seen him lick Pamela Anderson’s face seconds after meeting her at a club, follow her down to Cancun for a Baywatch promotional event, and marry her just days later. They’ve also seen him pull a gun on a contractor (played by Seth Rogen) who winds up stealing a homemade sex tape from his house. And in one of the more memorable moments, they’ve even seen him have a conversation with his own penis.

One thing they haven’t seen him do is play with Mötley Crüe or really acknowledge his band besides a brief scene where we see him watch a bit of their VH1 Behind the Music special three years before the thing was made. That’s because this miniseries is focused on his relationship with Pamela Anderson and the fallout from their sex tape, but it’s also because these early episodes take place in 1995 and the band was in a very awkward limbo that year. They parted ways with original frontman Vince Neil a couple years prior and replaced him with John Corabi, but their 1994 self-titled album was a commercial dud and the tour played to oceans of empty seats.

The only show they played in 1995 took place on Jan. 30 at Club Shelter in Pasadena, California. It was a benefit gig for guitar tech Sammy Sanchez after he lost his daughter in a tragic accident. Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Matt Sorum, and Duff McKagan opened up with a short set of covers, and the Crüe followed with “Shout at the Devil,” “Hammered,” “Live Wire,” “Home Sweet Home,” and “Primal Scream.” House of Pain’s Danny Boy sings backup on “Live Wire,” though someone swiped his wallet when he dove into the audience. You can hear an audience recording of Crüe’s entire set right here.

Just weeks later, Lee met Anderson and their entire crazy saga began. Corabi was still the frontman of the band at this time, but they’d lost confidence in him following the disaster of the previous year. In the official Mötley Crüe memoir The Dirt, Corabi says that they told him to somehow sound like David Bowie, Sisters of Mercy, Cheap Trick, Nine Inch Nails, and Oasis all at the same time while working on a new song. “Dude, what the fuck do you do when you go home?” he remembers Tommy Lee saying to him. “You suck.”

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“I was devastated,” he said. “Two years ago, if I had farted these guys thought it was the greatest sound they had ever heard. Now, I was the shittiest singer in the world in their eyes. It felt like a relationship in which your girlfriend knows she wants her freedom, but she doesn’t want to hurt your feelings. So instead, she just gets moody, critical, and mean, hoping to drive you away.”

In the Netflix adaptation of The Dirt, Corabi is reduced to a non-speaking extra who gets about three seconds of camera time. Let’s hope he at least gets the chance to use his voice in a future episode of Pam & Tommy . He was given a near-impossible job when tasked with fronting Mötley Crüe at the peak of the Nineties hair-metal backlash. As you can hear from this audience 1995 tape, he did as good a job as anyone could have reasonably expected. But fast forward to the 22:20 mark. He’d just nailed the final notes of “Home Sweet Home,” and someone very near the recorder clearly says, “I want Vince.”

That man spoke for Crüe fans everywhere, and he got his wish in 1997 when they finally brought him back into the fold. This 1995 Club Shelter show was Corabi’s last public performance with the band.

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A Complete Timeline Of The Whirlwind Changes To Motley Crue's Lineup

Since they debuted, Motley Crue has defined the excess and decadence of the heavy metal era of music. Widely known for their crazy stage antics and penchant for mind-altering substances, the boys from Crue can more than make their way around a party. They were no slouches musically, either, writing some of the biggest hits in heavy metal history. No soundtrack of the '80s is complete without hits like "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," and "Kickstart My Heart." Even their slower songs, like "Home Sweet Home," set new standards for power ballads.

For the majority of their career, Crue consisted of Tommy Lee Jones on drums, Mick Mars on guitar, Nikki Sixx on bass, and Vince Neil on vocals. However, that is far from the only lineup that has performed under the Crue banner. Since they first debuted in 1981, Nikki Sixx is the only member to have consistently been a part of the band through 2023. Both Tommy Lee and Vince have left the band at various points, and Mick Mars retired from the road before the band's 2023 tour. Between 1981 and 2023, here's the complete timeline of the whirlwind changes to Motley Crue's lineup.

Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee first get together

The two original founding members of what would eventually become Motley Crue were Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee . Before they started playing together, they were previously active in the music scene but in different bands. Tommy Lee played in a band called Suite 19, and Sixx played in a band called London. However, both bands dissolved after only some local success, and soon Sixx and Tommy Lee found themselves connected through Greg Leon.

Leon had previously been the guitarist for Tommy Lee's band Suite 19 but had teamed up with Sixx following their demise. After Tommy Lee's short stint in another band, which saw him get kicked out after hooking up with the lead singer's sister, Leon gave his phone number to Sixx. Soon, they were jamming together. Unfortunately for Leon, Sixx quickly kicked him out of the band for not fitting the right aesthetic.

However, as Leon recalled in a July 2007 interview , he stopped playing with Tommy Lee due to joining the band Quiet Riot. Quiet Riot had just lost legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads to Ozzy Osbourne's band, and Leon was slotted to take his place. While Leon went on to play with Quiet Riot and Dokken, Sixx and Tommy Lee would later become Motley Crue.

The Robin Moore and Mick Mars incident

One of the most memorable scenes in the 2019 film " The Dirt ," which was based on Motley Crue's autobiographical book released 18 years earlier in 2001, was Mick Mars' entrance into the band. He shows up one day and starts jamming with them as the second guitarist, only to immediately kick the other guitarist out of the band, telling him it wasn't big enough for the both of them. While many people might have thought this was just a funny story, it turns out it was actually true.

After Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx kicked Greg Leon to the curb, they replaced him with Robin Moore. However, for all his skill he didn't really fit the band's ethos, and Sixx and Tommy Lee remained on the hunt for someone else while they bided their time with Moore. As soon as Mars showed up it was quickly the end of the line for Moore. Mars learned the opening riff to "Stick to Your Guns" and blew away Tommy Lee with his playing. On the spot, he kicked Moore out of the band, more or less how it was shown in the film. Now, they were a three-piece of Tommy Lee, Sixx, and Mars. All they still needed was a lead singer.

1981 – 1992: The classic Motley Crue lineup

After Mick Mars had effectively established himself as the sole and only guitarist in Motley Crue, the core of him, Nikki Sixx, and Tommy Lee, was finally set. As noted in the band's autobiography, "The Dirt," they began rehearsing with a singer named O'Dean and even recorded several songs in the studio. However, like Robin Moore before him, O'Dean did not fit in with the attitude and aesthetic of the Crue, leading to his dismissal. The final straw for Sixx was when O'Dean's obsession with his trademark white gloves started to interfere with Sixx's visions for the recording.

Needing a replacement, Tommy Lee remembered an old classmate of his from high school who he knew was a singer. His name was Vince Neil. As soon as they started playing together, Vince, Tommy Lee, Sixx, and Mick Mars all hit it off, and Motley Crue was officially born. By the end of 1981, their debut album, "Too Fast for Love," had been released and the guys started on their first tour. Their second album, "Shout at the Devil," came out two years later and sold more than a million copies.

The classic Crue lineup lasted from 1981 to 1992 and saw the band reach monumental heights of superstardom. However, the good times also bred widespread personal issues, prompting the band to clean up their act at the end of the '80s in time for the release of "Dr. Feelgood." Unfortunately, the disagreements were far from over.

1992 – 1996: Enter John Corabi

Following the release of "Dr. Feelgood" in 1989, Motley Crue was seemingly back on top. The band had a top 10 hit and was soon back embarking on world tours. However, when they began working to record a follow-up, Vince Neil and the band split ways. After getting dismissed, Neil started to spiral out of control, taking a porn star with him to Hawaii and relapsing into substance abuse. He eventually worked to get sober again, but he was out of the band.

Part of the reason the band let Neil go was his increasing devotion to driving race cars, and he soon embarked on his own solo career. While away from the Crue, he released two albums: "Exposed" in 1993 and "Carved in Stone" in 1995. John Corabi replaced Neil in the Crue, and in 1994, the band released "Motley Crue" to immediate commercial success. However, the marriage of the Crue and Corabi was not to be. In 1996, just two years after the release of "Motley Crue," Corabi was kicked out of the band. Facing criticism from the heavy metal crowd, Motley Crue needed a new lead singer... again. Luckily, they would soon find a familiar face amongst all the noise.

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1997 – 2000: Welcome back Vince

When the Corabi years ended in 1996, there was really only one choice to take over as Motley Crue's vocalist again: Vince Neil. Fresh off the release of his 1995 album "Carved in Stone," Neil rejoined Motley Crue in 1997 in time to release "Generation Swine," the band's seventh studio album and first since "Motley Crue" with Corabi in 1994. And while "Generation Swine" sold well at first, the personal problems in the band started to overtake the music once again.

Much of the dysfunction was led by Vince Neil and Tommy Lee, but Nikki Sixx also got in on the action, too. Sixx found himself in trouble with the law for his stage antics, while Lee was infamously married to Pamela Anderson , which culminated in an embarrassing sex tape being released. Neil, for some bizarre reason, thought that it was also the time for him to release a competing sex tape, which he did in 1998.

Still, the band released a greatest hits collection in 1998, and the following year went on a massive 40-city tour with old friends the Scorpions, which featured stops at iconic venues like Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and the 1999 Rock Fest. They released a live album cut from that tour, known as "Entertainment or Death," but lineup changes were once again on the horizon for the Crue in the not-so-distant future.

2000 – 2002: Randy Castillo and Samantha Maloney's turn

As Tommy Lee's personal struggles started to mount throughout 1998 and 1999, he became increasingly distant from the band. He was in the middle of his high profile and tumultuous relationship and subsequent marriage to former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson , and things were beginning to take a toll. On May 20, 1998, the Associated Press reported that Tommy Lee was sentenced to six months in jail for domestic assault against Anderson after previously being arrested that February.

After Tommy Lee got out of jail, he embarked on a tour with Crue, but his heart was no longer in it. He was working on an album for his side project, Methods of Mayhem, when not performing with the Crue, and he soon called it quits from the band after getting into a fistfight with Vince Neil.

For his replacement, first the band went with Randy Castillo, the former drummer for Ozzy Osbourne , but his tenure was short-lived. He became sick after appearing on the album "New Tattoo," and after being unable to perform, was soon replaced by Samantha Maloney. Following Castillo's death in 2002, the band went on an official hiatus for the first time since they formed in 1981.

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2004 – 2015: The classic lineup reunites

Tommy Lee's departure from Motley Crue was relatively short-lived. In the years the band was on hiatus, both Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx performed as solo artists, and Neil released "Live at the Whiskey: One Night Only" in 2003. The next year, Sixx released "Here Comes the Brides" with his new band, Brides of Destruction. Tommy Lee released the self-titled debut for Methods of Mayhem in 1999, and he followed that up with a solo album "Never a Dull Moment" in 2002.

Then, in 2004, the band surprised many when they announced that the classic lineup was going to be reuniting. They released another greatest hits album, "Red, White, and Crue," and went on a massive supporting tour of the same name. In 2008, they released their first studio album since 1997's "Generation Swine," when "Saints of Los Angeles" hit the shelves. "Saints of Los Angeles" got them a Grammy nomination, though they didn't win, and they continued touring through 2014.

Yet, in 2014 the Crue made one of their most shocking announcements of all time: They were officially retiring, for good. As reported by Rolling Stone, the band collectively signed a "cessation of touring agreement" which was supposed to prohibit them from touring under the Motley Crue banner following their final 2015 world tour. The final tour started in July 2014 and ended on New Year's Eve 2015, and was supposed to be the end of the Crue — supposed to be, at least.

Motley Crue comes out of retirement

Even though Motley Crue signed a "cessation of touring agreement" before their farewell tour between 2014 and 2015, everyone knew there was no way to truly kill the Crue for good. That's why it wasn't very surprising when they announced in late 2019 that they were going to be back on the road once again. According to an official announcement on their page, the band claimed that due to popular demand, they were coming out of retirement and spreading the gospel of Motley once again.

The announcement claimed the band had reunited the year prior in order to participate in the making of the movie "The Dirt," and that sparked their interest to play together. Compounded with the huge success of the movie and citing its success on Rotten Tomatoes, the band felt they owed it to their new legions of fans to give them the chance to see them play live once again. They posted a video to YouTube of them literally blowing up the non-touring agreement, and beginning in the summer of 2020, they returned to the concert circuit. Once again, the Crue was on the loose, filling stadiums with their debauchery and excess.

2006 – 2007: Will Hunt steps up

Unfortunately, even the best of us can't predict our injuries, and Tommy Lee was forced to miss multiple dates in April 2006 and June 2007 after various injuries. Luckily, both times they were a ready and willing replacement available: Will Hunt. In April 2006, Tommy Lee was experiencing a bout of tendinitis in his right hand, and after having a tribute band drummer fill in the first night, Motley Crue turned to Hunt to finish out the remaining Canadian tour dates.

Then, just over a year later, Tommy Lee injured his left hand and was forced to miss even more dates. Luckily, Hunt was once again available to come to the rescue. Tommy Lee still made an appearance onstage at the show, but he was behind the microphone, not his drum kit. During a 2022 interview with Darren Paltowitz , Hunt recalled the experience. While he was already familiar with some of the Crue catalog, he had to scramble to learn certain songs. To make things even more hectic, he barely had 24 hours to prepare for the first gig, leaving him little time to familiarize himself with the new tunes. Luckily, Tommy Lee was able to provide him help through the use of in-ear monitors, and Hunt successfully saved the day.

August 2009: Morgan Rose bails out Tommy Lee

In August 2009, Tommy Lee once again found himself on the wrong end of an injury, and he was forced to miss even more Motley Crue shows. This time, his injuries stemmed from playing with fireworks. The band was in the middle of the Crue Fest 2 festival tour, and Tommy Lee was unable to perform as his left hand was too heavily bandaged due to his burns.

If it was up to Tommy Lee, he definitely wanted to play, but doctors feared he would aggravate his injury even worse if he performed live. Once again, the Crue had to call on a substitute to fill his spot. This time, instead of turning to Will Hunt, the band pegged Morgan Rose from the band Sevendust to fill in. As drummer for Sevendust, Morgan had released eight albums and was more than equipped to do the job. Like before, Tommy Lee wasn't completely absent from the shows. He appeared onstage, not only to explain his absence from behind the kit but also to help on a few numbers, including "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Home Sweet Home."

October 2015: Glen Sobel helps the Crue bid farewell

While Motley Crue was in the midst of their farewell tour in October of 2015, once again the injury bug reared its head. On October 14, Tommy Lee Tweeted that he was not going to be able to play the show in Buffalo due to the doctor's orders. At the show, he took to the stage to elaborate on what had happened.

Tommy Lee told the audience that he had awoken suddenly in the night, only to realize he was experiencing another bout of tendinitis inflammation. After getting an anti-inflammatory shot to help with the pain, the doctor told him there was no way he could play the show. He was very apologetic to the crowd, and it was obvious that he really wanted to be behind his kit rocking with his brothers, but he didn't have a choice.

He implored the fans to give a huge hand to his replacement, Glen Sobel, who was, as usual, found at the last second. As Sobel relayed in an interview with Sweetwater, he was touring with the Crue as the drummer for the opener Alice Cooper  when he filled in for Tommy Lee, leaving him to perform double duty. At first, he thought it was a joke when the Crue's production manager asked him to fill in, but he soon realized it was for real and immediately began preparing, making a set of "cheat sheets" to help.

October 2022: John Five takes over for Mick Mars

All good things have to come to an end sometime. Unfortunately, it seems like the days of the original Motley Crue touring again are over. In October 2022, Mick Mars announced his retirement. The remaining members released a joint statement where they thanked Mars for his years of service and remarked on his immense contributions to the band. Mars had been in the Crue for 41 years prior to leaving and was the only member to have stayed since the very beginning along with Nikki Sixx.

Mars retired due to health reasons, which included having ankylosing spondylitis, a type of spinal arthritis. In his place, the band announced that John 5 would be taking over guitar duties. A star in his own right, John 5 had previously played guitar for rock and roll legends like Rob Zombie , Marilyn Manson , and David Lee Roth . John 5 played his first show with Motley Crue on February 10, 2022, and seemed to fit right in with the band, inaugurating a new and memorable era of the Crue.

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Of all of the rock 'n' roll bands that have ever existed, Motley Crue certainly have one of the wildest stories. Formed in 1981, the Los Angeles band became part of a new hard rock scene that was blossoming, and have had many ups and downs throughout their career. But, over four decades later, they're still going today.

We thought Crue were done when they played the last show of their "Final Tour" back in December of 2015, but four years later — after the success of the Netflix film  The Dirt,  which bred a whole new generation of fans — they announced their return. Their comeback was marked by a massive co-headlining tour with Def Leppard , which was initially set to kick off in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic halted their plans.

Finally, in June of 2022,  Nikki Sixx , Vince Neil , Mick Mars and Tommy Lee hit the stage together and embarked on a tour that spanned over 35 dates. Once the tour wrapped up, Mars announced his retirement from touring, and John 5 was announced as his touring fill-in going forward. There are a lot of other occurrences that have happened since then, so scroll through the gallery below for a visual timeline of Motley Crue's career. We take it all the way back to their formation in 1981, discuss every album and tour cycle, and the good, the bad and the ugly.

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The Members of Mötley Crüe: Where Are They Now?

Mötley Crüe became one of the most notorious bands in rock and roll history in the 1980s for its in-your-face sound and wild offstage antics. Here's everything to know about the band

Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us Weekly, Brides and MTV News.

Since its inception in 1981, Mötley Crüe has never shied away from controversy. Hailed as "the world's most notorious rock band ," singer Vince Neil , drummer Tommy Lee , bassist Nikki Sixx and guitarist Mick Mars are as well-known for their offstage antics and hard-partying ways as they are for their heavy-hitting rock and roll sound.

However, their fast-paced lifestyles, immortalized in the 2019 film The Dirt , didn't get in the way of their collective success. Despite having " more drama than General Hospital ," according to Mars, Mötley sold more than 100 million albums over four decades, earned seven platinum albums and received three Grammy nominations.

After struggling to get signed early on, their self-produced debut, Too Fast For Love , released on Nov. 10, 1981, captured the attention of Elektra record executive Tom Zutaut.

1983's label-backed Shout at the Devil sold 200,000 copies in its first two weeks . The band gained even more notoriety in 1984 while touring with Ozzy Osbourne .

Over the next few years, they grew their catalog with 1985's Theatre of Pain ("Home Sweet Home," "Smokin' in the Boys Room"), 1987's Girls, Girls, Girls ("Wild Side") and 1989's Dr. Feelgood ("Kickstart My Heart") before creative differences and substance abuse began to weigh the band down.

Neil parted ways with the group in 1992 and didn't return until 1996. In 1999, Lee also took a five-year hiatus. However, the four founding members reunited just in time to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2006.

They released their last full-length album in 2008, and on Jan. 28, 2014, the band signed a "group death pact" agreeing to cease touring after Dec. 31, 2015, per CNN . "It really came down to figuring out how do we bow out with dignity," Sixx told Rolling Stone .

In 2019, however, Mötley Crüe announced a 36-date tour for 2020. Delayed by COVID-19, the group's founding members hit the road in 2022 for their first onstage reunion in seven years. They also sold the song rights to the group's entire music catalog, by then valued around $150 million, to BMG in 2021.

In October 2022, Mars announced that he was retiring from touring but would remain a member of the group. Six months later, he sued his former bandmates , alleging that he was fired over his decision.

Keep reading to find out where all the founding and current members of Mötley Crüe are today.

Vince Neil, 61

Vincent Neil Wharton was born on Feb. 8, 1961, and grew up in Compton, California.

Neil became a father at 16 when son Neil Jason Wharton was born to his former girlfriend and classmate Tami . Neil then dropped out of high school and started performing with Rock Candy, a Cheap Trick cover band.

In 1981, he was recruited to Mötley Crüe over singer O'Dean Peterson, who also auditioned, per MTV .

On Dec. 8, 1984, Neil crashed his car while driving with a blood alcohol level of .17, killing his passenger, Nick "Razzle" Dinghy, and injuring the driver and passenger of the other vehicle. According to the Los Angeles Times , the singer pled guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving, for which he was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay $2.6 million to the victims, serve five years' probation and perform 200 hours of community service, the Los Angeles Times reported.

By 1991, Neil had recorded five albums and toured the world with the group, but tensions between him and the band had boiled over, and he parted ways with Mötley Crüe in 1992. "Race car driving has become a priority in Neil's life," a statement obtained by Newsweek explained.

Neil reportedly told the Los Angeles Times that he was fired over creative differences , saying, "I wanted the band to continue a straight hard-rock direction but they wanted to go in a blues direction."

The musician released the first of three solo albums, Exposed , which included the radio track "You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come)," in 1993. It was followed by Carved in Stone in 1995, which featured a song for his daughter Skylar, and Tattoos and Tequila in 2010.

In April 1995, tragedy struck again for Neil when Skylar, then 4, was diagnosed with Wilms' tumor, a type of kidney cancer. After undergoing multiple operations, radiation and chemotherapy, she died on Aug. 15, 1995. "I've nearly destroyed myself asking if she was being punished for something I'd done," Neil wrote in an essay for PEOPLE.

He subsequently struggled with substance abuse, reportedly entering an inpatient drug program after a 2007 driving arrest, per TMZ , and was sentenced to 15 days in jail for drunk driving in 2011, according to Reuters . "I was just drinking myself to death, pills. I think I was trying to kill myself," Neil said in his 2022 documentary.

In 1996, he put aside his differences with his bandmates and reunited with the group. They released three more albums before "peacefully" breaking up in 2014.

Neil continued to tour solo and also appeared on several reality shows, including The Surreal Life (2003), Remaking: Vince Neil (2005), Skating With the Stars (2010), Celebrity Wife Swap (2015) and The New Celebrity Apprentice (2010). He was married four times to exes Beth Lynn, with whom he shares daughter Elizabeth Ashley Wharton; Sharise Ruddell, with whom he shares the late Skylar ; Heidi Mark; and Lia Geradinir. In 2011, Neil began dating longtime girlfriend Rain Hannah.

Tommy Lee, 60

Lee was born overseas in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 3, 1962. His family relocated to California when he was a baby, and by age 4, he received his first set of drums.

The drummer dropped out of school to pursue a career in music. He was a teenager when he met Sixx , who was reportedly impressed by Lee's band, Suite 19, per Rolling Stone . Together Lee and Sixx, later known as the Terror Twins, started Mötley Crüe.

As the band's fame took off, so did Lee's love life: After divorcing his first wife, model Elaine Starchuk, to whom he was reportedly wed just seven days, Lee married actress Heather Locklear on May 10, 1986. The pair split seven years later.

In February 1995, he married Baywatch star Pamela Anderson in Cancun four days after meeting her, having fallen in love "at first sight."

Eight months into their marriage, Lee and Anderson were robbed . Included in their stolen goods was a personal tape they made on their honeymoon. It was leaked on the internet after a settled lawsuit with the distributor in 1997, serving as the basis for the 2022 series Pam & Tommy .

Lee and Anderson welcomed the first of two sons , Brandon Thomas Lee, on June 5, 1996. Their second child, Dylan Jagger Lee, was born on Dec. 29, 1997.

In February 1998, the drummer was arrested and charged with felony spousal abuse and child abuse following an altercation at his home, for which he served four months in jail.

While Lee and Anderson tried to reconnect, she followed through with her 1998 divorce filing. (The couple continued to date on and off for years, even denying marriage rumors in 2005, but split for good in 2009.)

Lee became the second original Crüe member to leave the band shortly after, reportedly telling MTV News, "I had … time to think about what I wanted to do with my life musically and creatively."

He released his first of two albums with rap rock group Methods of Mayhem in 1999, which included the single "Get Naked."

By 2005, he had written a memoir and was taking courses at the University of Nebraska for his show, Tommy Lee Goes to College . He also went back on tour with Mötley Crüe, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The musician briefly left the group again in 2007 but returned to record the band's 2008 release, Saints of Los Angeles . He has remained a member since.

He found love with former Vine sta r Brittany Furlan in 2017 and popped the question the following Valentine's Day. Exactly one year later, they tied the knot.

Nikki Sixx, 64

Nikki Sixx, né Frank Feranna, was born in 1958 and raised by his grandparents in Seattle.

Early in his career, Sixx joined Blackie Lawless' band Sister but was quickly fired. "It was his band and his vision," Sixx told Audacy Check In in 2021. "We weren't good enough. … So we formed our own band London."

London ran its course and Sixx formed Mötley Crüe with Lee. Though he served as the chief songwriter for the band, writing "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Kickstart My Heart" and more, Sixx became addicted to drugs following a shoulder injury he sustained in a car crash.

"[It] was the worst time of my life; I was in a downward spiral," he told Clash .

On Dec. 23, 1987, Sixx overdosed and was reportedly declared clinically dead before being revived. "Heroin nearly killed me. As a matter of fact, it did," he wrote in a Los Angeles Times essay. In 1998, he entered rehab.

In addition to Crüe, Sixx played in side projects including Brides of Destruction with Tracii Guns and Sixx A.M. with DJ Ashba. He also became a best-selling author, releasing The Heroin Diaries in 2007, This Is Going to Hurt in 2011 and The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx in 2021.

Following the announcement of the group's 2014 disbandment, Sixx married his longtime girlfriend Courtney Sixx . PEOPLE confirmed that the couple was expecting their first child together in January 2019, and on July 27, 2019, Ruby Sixx was born , making Sixx a dad five times over .

He shares sons Gunnar and Decker Sixx and daughter Storm Sixx with ex-wife Brandi Brandt, to whom he was wed from 1989 to 1996, and daughter Frankie Sixx with ex-wife Donna D'Errico , whom he was married to from 1997 to 2007. Sixx also had high-profile romances with Lita Ford, Denise "Vanity" Matthews, to whom he was engaged in 1987, and Kat Von D , whom he dated from 2008 to 2010.

Sixx celebrated two decades sober in 2021.

Mick Mars, 72

Mick Mars, né Robert Alan Deal, was born on May 4, 1951, is the oldest founding member of the band.

When Mars was 14, he formed a Beatles cover group, the Jades. Inspired to master guitar by country western artist Skeeter Bond, Mars later played in a group called Spiders and Cowboys that caught Sixx's eye. "He was just knocked out by the way that I played," Mars told Newstimes in 2005.

Mars is credited with coming up with the group's name and integral to its songwriting. "I come up with some licks and stuff, [Nikki] comes up with some lyrics and … it becomes a song," he explained to the publication.

Though much of Mars' personal life was kept private ("My privacy is my sanctuary," he told Newstimes ), he fought a public battle with Ankylosing spondylitis, a painful and degenerative disease that affects the spine.

The guitar player also struggled with addiction, telling Reuters in 2008 that his proudest moments with the band were "when Nikki got clean and I got clean. That was just like the biggest step ever."

After 41 years with the Crüe, Mars announced his retirement from touring in October 2022 due to physical limitations. "Mick … can no longer handle the rigors of the road," read a statement from Mars.

"My body just doesn't wanna do it," he told Variety .

He was replaced by John 5, and in April 2023, Mars filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates, claiming that they had fired him from the group's business affairs. "I carried those bastards for years," he told Variety , alleging that Neil, Sixx and Lee have been "trying to replace" him since 1987.

Sixx responded via Twitter , writing, "We don't deserve this considering how many years we've been propping him up. We still wish him the best…We love you Mick."

John Corabi, 64

Born on April 26, 1959, John Corabi became interested in music after seeing The Beatles on TV. He formed his first band, Angora, out of high school prior to joining L.A. rock band The Scream.

Corabi got his start with Mötley Crüe after Neil parted ways with the group in February 1992. According to The Salina Journal , he auditioned upon learning that Sixx was a fan of his music. "John's capable of singing anything and everything. That's why we chose him," Lee told the publication in 1994.

Corabi released one full album, Mötley Crüe , with the band and helped complete Generation Swin e, before leaving the band in 1996. "As much as I was bummed, I was relieved," he later said.

After his departure, Corabi formed the band Union with former KISS member Bruce Kulick. He also played rhythm guitar in Ratt.

In August 2014, the singer married longtime girlfriend Debbie Sorenson. He was previously reportedly married to Layla Norris and Valerie Corabi and has at least one son, Ian.

While Corabi was featured on Sixx's 2004 Brides of Destruction album, Here Comes the Brides , things soured between the two after Corabi insinuated in an interview that parts of Sixx's 2007 memoir were not factual.

Corabi's memoir, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, was released in 2022.

Randy Castillo

Randy Castillo was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Dec. 18, 1950. According to MTV News , Castillo exhibited a knack for drums early on, playing in his elementary school marching band.

After stints with Albuquerque-based cover band The Wumblies and the Offenders, with which he reportedly released an EP, Castillo moved to L.A., cutting his teeth in the industry as a drummer for Lita Ford's 1984 Dancing on the Edge album.

Lee reportedly introduce Castillo to Ozzy Osbourne , and Castillo toured with the English singer through 1993.

He joined Mötley Crüe in 2000 following Lee's departure from the band. The album New Tattoo was Castillo's last project before his death on March 26, 2002, at the age of 51 from skin cancer.

He also joined them for several tour dates, though illness prevented him from finishing it.

Born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, as John William Lowery on July 31, 1970, John 5 was fascinated as a child by the guitar-playing on Hee Haw . He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift from his parents.

"My friends wanted to be astronauts … but all I wanted to do was play and play and play," reads his website . John formed his first band, Dirty Trixx, in middle school, with which he won a battle of the bands contest. By high school, he had a new band, Vampirella.

John made the trek to L.A. in hopes of becoming a session musician. There, he began working with well-known names in rock, including Ford, Castillo and K.D. Lang, whom he was reportedly selected from more than 2,000 guitar players to work with.

In the late 1990s, John helped to form the band 2wo with Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, which produced the 1998 album Voyeurs .

He has since worked with David Lee Roth (1998 to 2003), Marilyn Mason (1998 to 2004) and Rob Zombie (2006 to 2022), to name a few.

John has also been married twice: once to Aria Giovanni and once to Rita Lowery, whom he tied the knot with on June 7, 2009. He shares kids Jeremy and Nicole with Giovanni and is also a father to son Andres.

Mötley Crüe announced on Oct. 27, 2022, that John would take over for Mars onstage. "No doubt it will take an outstanding musician to fill Mick's shoes so we are grateful that our good friend, John 5, has agreed to come on board," the band wrote on Instagram .

A quote from John read, "I'm honored to carry out Mick's legacy and I look forward to playing these songs."

In April 2023, Sixx confirmed rumors of new Crüe music when he tweeted , "Great day in the studio writing random riffs with J5."

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Complete List Of Mötley Crüe Band Members

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If you grew up in the 80s as a teen, chances are you were a pretty big fan of Mötley Crüe. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. These guys were all over MTV during the mid-1980s. Throughout their career, they have released nine studio albums, several compilations, and live albums. Mötley Crüe has undergone various line-up changes, with bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee being constant members. The band initially rose to fame with its debut album Too Fast for Love in 1981 and subsequently achieved massive success with Shout at the Devil in 1983. Mötley Crüe’s popularity peaked in the 1980s, with albums like Theatre of Pain (1985), Girls, Girls, Girls (1987), and Dr. Feelgood (1989). The band’s turbulent history includes multiple break-ups and reunions, with the original lineup reuniting in 2004 after a six-year hiatus. The group announced a farewell tour in 2014-2015 but reunited in 2018.

Nikki Sixx, born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr. on December 11, 1958, is a founding member and the primary songwriter of Mötley Crüe . He has been with the band since its inception in 1981. Sixx’s songwriting skills were central to the band’s albums, including hits like Shout at the Devil, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Dr. Feelgood . Apart from Mötley Crüe, Sixx formed the band Sixx:A.M. in 2007, which became known for songs like “Life is Beautiful.” He has also worked as a radio host, photographer, and author, with his autobiography “The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star” gaining significant attention.

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, you have been so much fun to watch over the years. Tommy Lee, was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962. He is known for his energetic drumming style and on-stage antics; Lee has been with the band since its formation. Lee formed the rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem and released several solo albums, including “Never a Dull Moment” (2002) and “Tommyland: The Ride” (2005). Lee also gained attention for his TV appearances and tumultuous personal life which we have had fun watching

Mick Mars, born Robert Alan Deal on May 4, 1951, is the lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe. Mars joined the band in 1981 after placing an advertisement in a local newspaper that Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee responded to. Known for his blues-influenced guitar playing, Mars contributed significantly to the band’s sound on albums like Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil . Despite battling health issues, he remained with the band throughout its active years. Mars has also worked on various side projects and collaborations with other artists.

Vince Neil, born Vincent Neil Wharton on February 8, 1961, is the lead vocalist for Mötley Crüe, joining the band in 1981. Neil left the band in 1992 but rejoined in 1997. Outside Mötley Crüe, he released solo albums, including Exposed in 1993 and Carved in Stone in 1995. Neil also ventured into business, owning several establishments and participating in reality television shows.

John Corabi

John Corabi served as Mötley Crüe’s lead vocalist from 1992 to 1996. He replaced Vince Neil and recorded the self-titled album “Mötley Crüe in 1994 with the band, which marked a departure from their typical glam metal style. Corabi’s time with the band was short-lived, as Neil returned in 1996. Corabi has since worked with several other bands, including The Scream, Union, and ESP (Eric Singer Project), and released solo material.

Randy Castillo

Randy Castillo was Mötley Crüe’s drummer from 1999 to 2000, replacing Tommy Lee. Before joining Mötley Crüe, Castillo was known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne. With Mötley Crüe, he recorded the album “New Tattoo” in 2000. Unfortunately, his time with the band was cut short due to his illness, and he passed away in 2002.

Samantha Maloney

Samantha Maloney temporarily played drums for Mötley Crüe during the “Maximum Rock” tour in 2000, filling in for Randy Castillo who was battling cancer. Before joining Mötley Crüe, Maloney was a member of Hole and later worked with bands like Eagles of Death Metal and Peaches.

Greg Leon was briefly associated with Mötley Crüe as a guitarist before the band achieved fame. He played with them in their early days after the departure of original guitarist Robin Crosby, who left to join Ratt. Leon’s tenure with Mötley Crüe was short-lived; he didn’t record any studio albums with the band. Despite this, his involvement is a notable part of their early history. Leon went on to form the Greg Leon Invasion, a band that played in the Los Angeles area, showcasing his guitar skills and musical versatility.

Michael White

Michael White, a vocalist, also had a short stint with Mötley Crüe. He was involved with the band around the time when they were searching for a lead singer before eventually settling on Vince Neil. While White didn’t record any albums with Mötley Crüe, his brief association with them is part of their formative history. Following his time with Mötley Crüe, Michael White continued his music career, notably with Michael White & The White, a band known for its Led Zeppelin tribute performances and original material.

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Brian Kachejian was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He is the founder and Editor in Chief of ClassicRockHistory.com. He has spent thirty years in the music business often working with many of the people who have appeared on this site. Brian Kachejian also holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stony Brook University along with New York State Public School Education Certifications in Music and Social Studies. Brian Kachejian is also an active member of the New York Press.

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Mötley Crüe have taken to social media to share the first official photograph of their new lineup – featuring John 5 as the replacement for original guitarist, Mick Mars .

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The image was posted to Instagram by the band’s bassist Nikki Sixx on Saturday (4 February) – providing fans with a glimpse at the newly-assembled Mötley Crüe lineup.

“Ready to hit the road… The World Tour 2023,” the caption read, also tagging the members and giving credit to their photographer, Ross Halfin.

This is the first time that the band have been photographed together with John 5 as the new member.

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The former Rob Zombie guitarist was enlisted as the replacement for Mick Mars, following his departure from the band last year.

Mars, who co-founded the band in 1981, announced that he would be retiring from touring in October, following numerous health reasons. Suffering from degenerative disease Ankylosing Spondylitis for many years, the seventy-one-year-old is still regarded as a member of Mötley Crüe, but simply no longer performing with the band.

Following the announcement, John 5 made an official statement , confirming that he was “honoured to carry on Mick’s legacy” and would be joining the band for their upcoming worldwide tour.

The stint of live performances will kick off this Friday (10 February) in New Jersey, find a full list of dates on the band’s website .

Last week (31 January), the guitarist also took to social media to showcase the gear he will be taking with him for the live shows.

For the most part, the rig consisted of various Floyd Rose-equipped Telecasters – often seen in his weekly Mötley Crüe covers – and a range of Boss pedals and Marshall cabinets.

Find the full list of gear mentioned in the video below.

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Ken Carson, Muna, Tiffany and the best and worst of Day 4 of Summerfest 2024 in Milwaukee

Throwback Thursday at Summerfest brought nostalgia from Tiffany and Hawthorne Heights, while MUNA and Ken Carson excited fans with new sounds.

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The younglings were in abundance for rapper Ken Carson’s appearance at the Generac Power Stage. So much so that security was visibly beefed up to cover the kids spilling into both sides of the park. When the hour hit ten, the kids all began chanting his name. It was deafening.

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Playboi Carti label signee Carson can best be described as loud. The electro/trap sub bass may have shook loose a few of my teeth. It was that heavy.

Carson rushed the completely empty stage (not even a dj) and began rapping over his own lyrics. He was basically being a backup rapper for his own prerecorded set. While this is a strange norm today, it worked. His angsty performance was more about energy and crowd interaction. They knew every word of every song which bled through every time Carson dropped the mic. He talked to them as if they were a monolith and they responded as such. For some, it seemed, this was the best night of their lives.

— Damon Joy, Special to the Journal Sentinel

MUNA lead singer Katie Gavin danced her pants off at the BMO Pavilion Thursday − literally.

Ahead of “No Idea,” the sixth song of the pop band’s headlining set, Gavin teased that if people danced hard enough she’d rip them off, and the packed crowd evidently exceeded expectations, with Gavin dropping trou well before the song was finished.

But by that point, she’d been figuratively dancing her pants off through unstoppable, aptly self-described “queer joy” anthems like “What I Want” and “Solid,” her unstoppable energy often matched by bandmates Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson, who frequently sprinted around the stage like they were in the most intense game of tag from your fourth-grade recess. No wonder Taylor Swift recruited them for some “Eras Tour” dates last year.

Not even an out-of-tune guitar halfway through could sour the mood, offering a cute moment where Gavin reflected on seeing the Fray at Summerfest in junior high, and met a fan who was taught seventh-grade social studies by her mom. The fact that this was a one-off show, with the band largely off the road while they’re in album mode, made their unstoppable energy all the more impressive. Across 14 songs and 70 minutes, no one in MUNA ever broke a sweat − literally.

— Piet Levy, [email protected]

Hawthorne Heights

Lots of artists took trips down memory lane on Summerfest’s Throwback Thursday − but perhaps none as effectively as Hawthorne Heights, and not just with their music.

“Pretend like you’re in your bedroom in 2004,” frontman JT Woodruff said from the UScellular Connection Stage near the end of the emo veterans’ evening set. “You put on a nice new pair of Skull Candy headphones. Your flatiron is heating up in the bathroom. You’re listening to your favorite song…and you found it from a MySpace Top 8.”

Then the band played “Gold Econoline,” a new song effectively designed to sound like an old song. It fit in nicely with the nostalgic theme of this set: a 20th anniversary celebration of debut album “The Silence in Black and White,” released this month in 2004, and partially recorded at Butch Vig and Steve Marker’s since shuttered Smart Studios in Madison.

Faithful renditions of album signatures like “Ohio Is for Lovers” further transported fans to that time, but Woodruff also infused the set with modern reflection that made the sentiments of these songs from his youth - and many of these fans’ youth - all the sweeter.

“You’ve grown up so nicely,” Woodruff (the only remaining member of the band from those days, besides bassist Matt Ridenour) told the large crowd. “You’ve probably got gym memberships. Some of you’ve probably got some 401k price-matching (expletive).”

“Keep your heads up. … You’re doing just (expletive) fine right now.”

— Piet Levy

Understanding the assignment on this Throwback Thursday afternoon at her first Summerfest, Tiffany promised to take listeners at her BMO Pavilion set to “retroland.”

But “retroland” it turns out can sometimes be a sad, scary place.

Stripped of the big budget production (and protection) from her run on the New Kids On The Block 2019 “Mixtape Tour” (which included a winning Fiserv Forum stop), the ‘80s pop singer performed with meek piped-in drums, a modest keyboardist, and an unfortunately immodest guitarist, who struck a couple very pronounced sour notes during his solo for “Feelings of Forever.” He was probably trying to overcompensate for the sparse set-up, and so too it seemed was Tiffany.

Unlike her bandmate she never outright embarrassed herself. But Tiffany’s singing, through older material (like “Could’ve Been,” her favorite song she recorded, she said, when she was 14), and more recent tracks (like 2018’s “Beautiful”), was consistently overwrought.

To her credit Tiffany was an energized, eager-to-entertain performer, and the scant crowd seemed pleased enough. But sets like this one are a reminder that sometimes it’s better to say no to the nostalgia trip.

Kristopher Campbell, aka K Camp, is one of the best-known rappers to hail from Milwaukee. But having grown up in Atlanta where he broke out about a decade ago, K Camp has never made Milwaukee a major part of his identity − to the point that he didn’t even bring it up well into his set at the Aurora Pavilion early Thursday night.

The place was crowded, but it’s less likely folks showed up to see a hometown hero than to hear the hits − or as K Camp suggested, “hits upon hits upon hits upon hits….” That was undoubtedly a gross exaggeration, but the rap-along crowd definitely knew tracks like “Ice Cold” and “F W Y B,” supported live by four dancers, a DJ, a live guitarist, and a keyboardist − although Camp’s confidence and lyrics were indisputably the main appeal.

He built up such momentum that when he dropped a new song, I spotted a stand-by EMT getting down. He may not be a loud and proud man of Milwaukee, but when he got off the stage to hang out with the fans during his salute to hedonism “Money Baby,” K Camp was indisputably a man of the people.

Sleater-Kinney

The Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage was filled to the brim with aging hipsters for iconic punk/alternative band Sleater-Kinney.

The two original members, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, have been cranking out music for several decades. They took fans on a trip down memory lane with songs from "The Hot Rock," which is celebrating its 25-year anniversary, up to the new emotionally charged "Little Rope."

The riot grrrl alums kept the energy high and still noticeably play off each other. Tucker's distinctive voice kept all at bay while Brownstein’s guitar work remained complex and seemingly impossible to do while doing her patented “hop scotch” dance as she played.

The highlight of the evening was definitely the happiness on the faces of ex-punks who have to go to the office tomorrow. They clearly got to go back to the good ol’ days for a night.

— Damon Joy

Alt-rock trio Eve 6 has received surprising renewed appreciation in the 2020s, but not primarily for its music.

Singer-bassist Max Collins, posting on X (formerly Twitter) through the band’s account, has been rightly hailed for his very funny trolling, including at his own expense. In 2024 the posts have been less frequent, Collins has suggested for mental health reasons, giving a sizable crowd at the band’s Summerfest set Thursday afternoon the best opportunity to tap into his quirky sense of humor.

And there were some good zingers at the UScellular Connection Stage. Collins recalled waking up before a Summerfest gig in 2001 or so, where eight guys from Staind’s team were ready to beat him up for mocking the hard rock band on stage at a show the night before. Collins smoothed things over, apologizing and saying he drank too much - although Staind’s singer, he said Thursday, was still ticked.

Collins also jokingly suggested Thursday their tune “Leech” was praised by critics as the “most heartfelt song of the new millennium,” and humorously likened new song “Black Nova” to “Peter Pan-ing ourselves into the gathering twilight.”

The commentary was the highlight, but when it came to performances of older material like “Open Road Song” and "Promise,” the band was hardly phoning it. It wasn’t all fun and games though. Some of Collins’ most recent tweets have expressed outrage about the conflict in Gaza, and that sentiment carried onto the Summerfest stage, with co-founder Jon Siebels sporting a large sticker that read “End Palestinian Occupation” on his guitar.

Certified Trapper

There’s virtually zero overlap between K Camp and Certified Trapper, aside that they’re both rappers and were both born in Milwaukee. Nevertheless having them perform at the same time at Summerfest Thursday night seemed like a mistake − and I worried that attendance for Trapper, Milwaukee’s wonderfully weird and scrappy street rapper getting his biggest hometown showcase to date, would take a big hit.

But was I happy to be so wrong. When Trapper hit the stage at the Generac Power Stage Thursday, the area was absolutely packed. And this wasn’t a crowd simply camping out a spot for closer Ken Carson. These fans − primarily high schoolers and college kids − knew these songs (one woman’s deafening scream for “Long Nights” made people around her jump and laugh). They also mimicked Trapper’s unashamedly dorky dance moves too − from disco-adjacent finger points to imaginary steering wheel turns − showcased in his barrage of mostly self-shot viral music videos. (Trapper, a jack of all trades, does his own production too, helping to draw national attention to Milwaukee’s strange, twerk-inspired lowend sound.)

That said, I wouldn’t call this a show so much as a vibe. Rapping over backing vocals and a DJ hesitant to play hype man (and essentially no other on-stage support, or surprisingly, special guests), Trapper’s set was just twenty minutes. He was off stage for virtually all of it, too, dancing with people in the pit and posing for pics. And showboating just isn’t his style; at one point when he was dancing with fans during “Nights,” he suddenly stopped and humorously gave them a hard stare for getting too excited.

Successfully translating Trapper’s non-plussed online persona to a longer show on a big stage IRL, without sacrificing his authentic oddball appeal, is a challenge Trapper and his team will have to figure out for another time. But seeing him play a packed Summerfest stage Thursday was a definite win − for Trapper, and also, for the scene.

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